Thoughts on "being scouted" from a Rookie team (please comment)

[KrazyCarl92]

Catching is an attribute that most higher level strategies would only value in the hands of the finishing robot. If a robot can catch the ball and have the ability to either put it in the high goal or the low goal from multiple positions on the field, then it's valuable. Catching, then orchestrating a pass in a more open field area, closer to the opposing alliances requires 2 rather complicated coordination maneuvers on the alliance: the truss-catch, and the presumably defended mid-field pass.

Superior would be simplifying the first pass to an inbound corner pass, then doing a truss-catch, or simply trussing directly from the inbounding robot to a HP then pursuing a defended mid-field pass. It seems like your robot best fits into the former strategy as an inbounder.

Also keep in mind that for your goalie autonomous set up prior to the match, the other team doesn't finalize the placement of their robot until after yours. It may be necessary to have a goalie autonomous that moves in the goalie zone (but stays in the goalie zone!).